Manufacturer

GE Healthcare USA Philips Healthcare

Definium 5000
North America
DigitalDiagnost 3.1
Flex Room

Carestream Health
Inc
DRX-Evolution
System

WHERE MARKETED
FDA CLEARANCE
CE MARK (MDD)
RADIOGRAPHY MODES
Film or digital

Worldwide<1>
Yes
Yes

Worldwide
Yes
Yes

Upgradeable to digital
Number of detectors
included
TABLE
Type

Power assist

Travel
Longitudinal, cm (in)
Lateral, cm (in)
Vertical, cm (in)

Tabletop
Length x width, cm (in)

X-ray density
Minimum and maximum table
heights, cm (in)

Worldwide
Yes
Yes

Both; film/CR imaging Digital

mode included

Digital

NA
Not specified

NA
Varies; detectors sold
separately

NA
1-3, fixed plus
optional wireless
portable detector

Optional open trolley Single-side

type, elevating
suspended elevating
table or height
adjustable trolley with
optional bariatric
table top
Manual

Powered height
Motorized
adjustable (table),
hydraulic adjustment
(cart)

Not specified
Optional elevating
table 10 (3.9)
26 (10.2)

20 (7.9) table
120 (47.2)
20 (7.9) table, 10 13 (5.1)
(4.3) cart
50.3-90.3 (19.8-35.6) 33 (12.9)
table, 50-86.5 (23.634) cart

220 x 65 (86 x 25.6) 260 x 75 (102.4 x

240 (94.5) x not
fixed, 220 x 67 (86 x 29.5) table, 227 x 90 specified
26) elevating
(89.4 x 35.5) cart
1 mm Al fixed, <1.2 1.4 mm Al
0.7 mm aluminum
mm Al elevating
equivalent
70 (27.6) fixed, 60-86 50.3-90.3 (19.8-35.6) 53-86 (20.9-33.8)
(23.6-34) elevating

Table weight, kg (lb)

40 (101) or 30 (66)
fixed, 129 (264)
elevating

Table weight capacity, kg (lb)

200 (440) fixed, 225 225 (496)

(495) elevating
Mobile
Single-side support
Laminated or carbon Kevlar
fiber

Table support
Tabletop material

Fixed elevating, 4way float-top;

movable tables also
available

214 (471) table, 130 Not specified

(286) cart
273 (600)
Not specified
Carbon fiber

Locking system

Manual central
locking

Footswitch interlock
(table), wheels
fixation (cart)

Not specified

U-arm

Fixed detector
(optional wireless
portable detector)

Not specified

Size, cm (in)

41 x 41 (16 x 16)

43 x 43 (17 x 17),
43 x 43 (17 x 17)
optional 35 x 43 (14 x fixed; 35 x 43 (14 x
17)
17) wireless

AEC

Yes

Amplimat, 5-field in 3 cell

vertical stand, 3-field
in table

Grid ratios
Lines/mm (lines/in)
Cassette sizes, cm (in)

13:1
7 (179)
Filmless

8:1/12:1
4 (100)
NA

12:1
8 (203)
43 x 43 (17 x 17), 35
x 43 (14 x 17), 24 x
30 (10 x 12)

Longitudinal travel, cm (in)

119 (47.8) vertical

travel
Yes

208 (82) patient

coverage
Optional

47 (18.5)

U-arm

Digital upright Bucky Not specified

unit, moveable

Tilting

Yes

-20 to +90

Size, cm (in)

41 x 41 (16 x 16)

AEC
Grid ratios
Lines/mm (lines/in)
Cassette sizes, cm (in)

Yes
13:1
7 (179)
Filmless

59.6 x 57.5 (23.5 x

22.6)
5
8:1 or 12:1
4 (100)
NA

Longitudinal travel, cm (in)

Servo linked to x-ray tube

119 (47.8)
Yes

35-185 (13.8-73)
Optional

No
No
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA

No
No
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA

a-Si, nontiled, CsI

scintillator
41 x 41 (16 x 16)
addressable area

CsI scintillator with a- Depends on detector

Si (3.5 lp/mm)
43 x 43 (17 x 17),
Depends on detector
optional 35 x 43 (14 x
17)

Yes

Yes

TABLE BUCKY SYSTEM

Type

Servo linked to x-ray tube

UPRIGHT BUCKY
Type

TOMOGRAPHY
Conventional tomography
Digital tomography
Clutching type
Fulcrum height, mm
Angle range
Rotation
Sweep speed
DIGITAL DETECTOR
Detector material
Detector size, cm (in)

Detector configuration
Permanently mounted

Yes

Depends on wall
stand
Depends on wall
stand
3 or 5
Various
Various
Depends on wall
stand
180 (70.9)
From tube or upright
Bucky
NA
Yes
NA
1,100
8, 10, 20, 30, 40
NA
2.8 sec

Optional

Tethered
Wireless
Multiple projection gantry
Detector performance
Matrix size

Pixel size
Image preview wait, sec
Diagnostic image wait, sec
Control panel
Automatic parameter
selection

No
No
Yes, U-arm

No
Optional
Yes

2022 x 2022 active

matrix

2840 x 2874, optional Depends on detector

3000 x 2372

200 m

148 m, optional 144 Depends on detector

m
4, optional 5
<4
6, optional 12
<20

7
9

Optional
Optional
Depends on detector

Automatic protocol
recognition

Yes

Worklist with
procedure code
mapping

Graphic-based planning

40 presets

Yes

With illustrated
anatomic positioning
guide

Anatomic-specific post
processing

Image reprocessing Yes

based on anatomy,
patient size, and view

Yes

Manual processing

Yes

Yes

Full manual control

possible

No

No

Bone Suppression
software 510(k)
pending

CAD
Image stitching

No
Manual exposure
acquisition with
automatic stitching

No
Yes

NA
Yes

Orthopedic planning

Measurement tools,
magnification/print,
optional OrthoView
templating

Yes

NA

Digital tomosynthesis
Other

No
No
Soft and hard tissue UNIQUE multiscalar
equalization, smart
processing
windowing, detector
exposure index (DEI),
metal artifact
reduction, motion
artifact reduction,
multiple customizable
looks

ADVANCED PROCESSING
Dual-energy subtraction

X-RAY GENERATORS

Not specified
EVP Plus, multiscale
frequency processing
provides noise
control, overall
density balance, and
optimizes local
contrast

Preferred units

X-RAY TUBES
Preferred tube units

65 kW

Microprocessorcontrolled, highfrequency 3-phase

generator; 50, 65 or
80 kW

None specified

65 or 80 kW

Maximum mA at 100 kVp

650

RO 1750, SRO
Varian RAD-60;
33100
Varian RAD-92
90-800 depending on Varies by spot size
generator/tube
combination

Focal spot sizes, mm

0.6, 1.2

0.6, 1.2

Heat capacity, kHU

Cooling rate, HU/min

400
99,800 (1,180 W)
anode, 16,000 (200
W) tube unit

300
Not specified

Control panel on x-ray tube

LCD touchscreen,
Full system and
field-of-view
generator control
selection, patient side
selection of
preprogrammed
positions

Yes

Automatic tube positioning

Yes

Tracking and moveto-position

Yes

TUBE SUSPENSION
Tube-mounted x-ray control

Yes

Yes

Yes, also on console

Model, suspension

U-arm

CSIII overhead

Carestream overhead
tube crane

Model, collimator

Automatic multileaf
with copper spectral
filter selection

Automatic

Ralco

No
No
Yes

Optional
Yes
No

NA

No

Yes
Yes
Available through
third party
Available through
third party

ACCESSORIES
Compression bands
Handgrips
Head clamps
Footrest

0.6 and 1.2; 12

coverage angle
400 or 600
120,000

Others

None specified

INTEGRATION
DICOM 3.0 storage SOP classes Yes

Other DICOM 3.0 SOP classes

None specified

Stretch grip, BABIX

holder

Administrative
reporting of
exposure, repeats
and system usage
departmentwide to
manager's desktop,
long-length imaging
with automatic
sequencing and
stitching,
autocentering,
autoperpendicularity,
autopositioning,
dose-area product
meter, rail system for
wall stand, handheld
remote, Total Quality
tool to monitor dose
performance, other
software options

Yes

CR image storage
SCU, digital x-ray
image storage for
presentation and
processing SCU,
storage commitment
push model SOP
class SCU, grayscale
softcopy presentation
state storage SOP
class SCU

Yes

Basic grayscale print

management meta,
SOP class SCU,
modality worklist
information model CFIND SCU
verification SOP
class SCU, SCP
modality performed
procedure step,
notification SOP
class SCU

IHE integration profiles

Yes

Yes

480 VAC 10%,

50/60 Hz 6%, 3phase

400/480 V, 50/60 Hz 380-480 VAC, 50/60

Hz, 3-phase

PURCHASE INFORMATION
List price
Warranty
Delivery time, ARO
Number installed worldwide
Year first sold
Fiscal year

$340,000-360,000
1 year
Not specified
Not specified
2007
January to December

Not specified
1 year
Not specified
>1,000
2013
January to December

$200,000-600,000
1 year
Not specified
>1,000
2009
January to December

GREEN FEATURES

None specified

None specified

OTHER SPECIFICATIONS

None specified.

Philips Green
Product certified
Variofocus (each size
between small and
large focal spot is
selectable via APR);
PCR integration.

UMDNS CODE(S)

16544, 17174, 18430 16544, 18430

16544, 18430

LAST UPDATED
Supplier Footnotes
Model Footnotes
Data Footnotes

July 2010

January 2014

POWER REQUIREMENTS

<1>Except Asia.

December 2013

Scheduled workflow,
patient information
reconciliation,
consistent
presentation of
images, radiation
exposure monitoring

Wireless cassettesized DR detector,

which slides into
table or wall-stand
Bucky or can be used
for tabletop
projections.